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Unintended mutations happen all the time naturally. Some are beneficial, and some are harmful. This just speeds up the process a bit. Life has natural processes
by infinity0 7y ago
Unintended mutations happen all the time naturally. Some are beneficial, and some are harmful. This just speeds up the process a bit. Life has natural processes to error-correct, otherwise it would not have survived for millions of years.
- allovernow 7y agoSure, but too many unintended mutations in too short of a time period and you end up with things like cancer or fatal congenital diseases. Gene editing with CRISPR is potentially increasing the mutation rate by orders of magnitude. Where is the line?
- klyrs 7y agoAhhh, the good ol' "fires burn houses down all the time" defense of playing with gas indoors.
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago> * This just speeds up the process a bit.* You can't make an omelet without killing a few kids.
- refurb 7y agoBy that same logic we shouldn’t care about radiation exposure. We’re just speeding up the process a bit.